November 18, 1905 



HORTICULTURE 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



THE KANSAS CITY SHOW. 



The Kansas City idea in flower show 

 manat;ement has again proven its efli- 

 cacy. The enterprising management 

 of the Convention Hall, with its finan- 

 cial stability and intelligence in the 

 science of interesting the public, co- 

 operating with the Missouri Horticul- 

 tural Society, the officers of whicli 

 have pre-eminently the esteem and 

 confidence of the horticultural craft in 

 this and neighboring States, has suc- 

 ceeded in bringing together a superb 

 disi)lay of the flower growers' art and, 

 beat of all in arousing the public to 

 an appreciative support of the enter- 

 prise. 



The hall is admirably adapted to the 

 purpose of an exhibition. The space 

 is ample for a show of imposing pro- 

 portions, and the amphitheatre affords 

 seating capacity and an impressi; e 

 view of the show, yet there is lacking 

 that vast overhead emptiness which is 

 so hard to overcome in edifices such 

 as Madison Square Garden in Ne'v 

 York, and the Coliseum in Chicago. 

 The only criticism that can be made 

 of the management this year is the 

 locating of some of the most interest- 

 ing cut chrysanthemum classes in the 

 side corridors, where their full valuj 

 as a feature of the show is partially 

 lost. Otherwise the arrangement and 

 grouping are beyond criticism. 



We shall not exhaust our readers' 

 patience with a long list of the ex- 

 hibitors and the prizes they won, but 

 will confine ourselves to noting a few 

 of the more prominent exhibitors and 

 what they had to show that was of es- 

 pecial merit. Of the local exhibitors 

 taking prominent part were Samuel 

 Murray, W. h. Rock Floral Co., Chas. 

 T. SchaefCer Floral Co., W. J. Barnes, 

 People's Floral Co., J. M. Kellogg, A. 

 Newell and Humfeldt Floral Co. Un- 

 impeachable in beauty was the group 

 of Gloire Lorraine begonias from Sam- 

 uel Murray: the mixed begonias from 

 W. L. Rock and People's Floral Co 



were also excellent. Crotons, Kentias. 

 Boston ferns, Scotti ferns, groups of 

 berried plants and other staple things 

 were well displayed and the classes 

 enthusiasti«a!l\ i niniMlni for by the 

 above-naiiir.l imiii i ii.innis. The groups 

 of palms .'I ' ii|i\ iiiL! iiM) square feet, 

 were super!:. Iln' witiners being Mur- 

 ray. Rock and Kellogg, in order named. 

 In the groups of decorative plants ar- 

 ranged for effect, excellent judgment 

 and tact were displayed, and the de- 

 cision as to merit was a difficult one. 

 Messrs. Rock. Murray and Schaeffer 

 were the winners in order named. The 

 Pierson fern and its improved variety 

 elegantissima were shown in unprece- 



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dented beauty. There is no record of 

 such superb specimens having been 

 shown anywhere hitherto as were put 

 up by W. L. Rock. 



In the chrysanthemum section the 

 displays of cut flowers were super- 

 latively good. Those great exponents 

 of chrysanthemum culture, E. G. Hill 

 Company of Richmond, Ind., Nathan 

 Smith & Son, of Adrian, Mich., and 

 H. W. Buckhee were all heavy con- 

 tributors of their very best product, 

 and anyone who knows the abilities 

 of this trio when arrayed in friendly 

 emulation, will realize better than can 

 be described, the result. F. R. Pierson 

 Co., W. J. & M. S. Vesey and several 

 of the local growers also took an active 

 |)art in the cut flower competitions. 

 The big vases of one hundred blooms 

 and of fifty blooms could not be ex- 

 celled as showing the utmost develop- 

 ment of high-grade chrysanthemum 

 culture to date. 



The varieties in competition in the 

 hundred vases were Yellow Eaton, Col. 

 Appleton and Percy Plumridge, Yellow 

 Eaton from E. G. Hill Co. being win- 

 ner. In chrysanthemum plants, the 

 principal exhibitors were Vaughan's 

 Seed Store and H. "W. Buckhee, and 

 the quality was better than ordinarily 

 seen in the exhibitions. 



Tuesday, Rose Day. brought out sen- 

 sational entries in abundance. The 

 greatest interest centred in the class 

 for one hundred American Beauties, 

 there being seven entries for the pre- 

 iuiums. Poehlmann Bros.. Chicago, 

 were first with a superb hundred, fol- 

 lowed consecutively by Schaeffer, Rein- 

 iierg. Rock and Budlong. Other classes 

 were well filled by the same exhibitors, 

 also Wietor Bros. Kasting and Mur- 

 ray were first with Turnford Hall be- 

 gonias, orchids and ferns; second. Ar- 

 thur Newell with Lorraine begonias; 

 third. Schaeffer Floral Co., with Lib- 

 erty roses and valley. 



Wednesday was carnation day. Some 

 splendid exhibits were made, the gold 



